Overview
- Recent Manhattan Supreme Court filings detail roughly $168 million in alleged unpaid mortgages tied to about 35 properties, which remain lender claims not yet adjudicated.
- Flagstar Bank is bringing the actions through an affiliate named Orange Owner, with approximately 20 separate cases filed in recent weeks.
- Cited delinquencies include 209 E. 25th St. on a $12.4 million loan with $493,845 past due, 346 E. 18th St. on a $10.37 million loan with $362,332 owed, and two Christopher Street buildings with a $21.4 million debt and $1.2 million overdue by late October.
- The total represents a sharp escalation from last week’s reported $71.5 million in suits, with roughly $100 million more now identified in additional filings.
- Croman pleaded guilty to mortgage fraud in 2017 and served a year on Rikers Island, and attorneys for both Croman and Flagstar did not respond to requests for comment.